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AJS Wunder

Total questions: 49

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Chinampas were built by the Aztecs because
a)
of the lack of temples
b)
of too much farmland
c)
of the lack of farmland
d)
of too many temples
2.
What great city was built on the island of Lake Texacoco?
a)
Palenque
b)
Sumer
c)
Mesopatamia
d)
Tenochtitlan
3.
what is the capital of the aztec empire?
a)
tonomitlandia
b)
bogota
c)
Madrid
d)
Tenochtitlan
4.
What civilization came up with the zero?
a)
Mayans
b)
Aztecs
c)
Olmecs
d)
Incas
5.
What two groups had two calendars, one for tracking religion and one for farming?
a)
Maya and Aztec
b)
Olmec and Toltec
c)
Hopi and Zuni
d)
Tlingit and Chinook
6.
The Aztec capital city of Tenochtitlan was created in the center of a...
a)
Marsh
b)
River
c)
Ocean
d)
Lake
7.

Hieroglyphics are

a)

A form of writing using pictures rather than letters.

b)

Pipes or channels designed to carry water from a distant source.

c)

Military officers who were very strict.

d)

How goods and services are produced.

8.
What peninsula did the Maya live on?
a)
Balkan
b)
Mexican
c)
Tenochtitlan
d)
Yucatan
9.
How did the Mayans govern their society?
a)
they had an emperor
b)
they had a direct democracy
c)
they had an oligarchy
d)
they had city-states with kings
10.
Aztec, Maya, or both: Relied on agriculture 
a)
Aztec
b)
Maya
c)
both
11.
Aztec,Maya, or both : ruled by an emperor
a)
Aztec
b)
Maya
c)
both
12.
Aztec, Maya, or both: In Mesoamerica
a)
Aztec
b)
Maya
c)
both
13.
Only the Mayans and the Aztecs:
a)
used terrace farming.
b)
used slash and burn agriculture.
c)
developed calendar systems.
d)
used chinampas.
14.
How did Tenochtitlan overcome its geographic challenges for agriculture?
a)
It constructed chinampas.
b)
It utilized slash and burn techniques.
c)
It cut terraces into mountainsides.
d)
it developed better horticulture.
15.
1.  What was developed as a result of the Mayan study of the movements of the sun, moon, stars, and planets?
a)
a.  horoscope
b)
b.       calendar
c)
c.       special type of corn
d)
d.      an accurate road system
16.
1.  A _____________ is a culture with organized systems of government, religion, and learning? 
a)
a. community
b)
b. village
c)
c. empire
d)
d. civilization
17.
Just as the Mayan, the Aztec worshiped many ____________________.
a)
a. gods
b)
b. churches
c)
c. preachers
18.

How did the Mayans farm?

a)

The cut terraces into the hillside

b)

They grew gardens on top of mesas

c)

They planted crops on floating gardens

d)

They used special fertilizers and watering systems

19.

How did the Mayan people communicate?

a)

They used hieroglyphics

b)

They used sign language

c)

They only used oral language and story telling

d)

Each city-state spoke its own language

20.
Which part of Mexico would you visit if you wanted to see the Mayan ruins?
a)
Yucatan Peninsula
b)
Tenochtitlan
c)
Lake Texcoco
d)
Peru
21.
What farming method is this?
a)
slash and burn
b)
terrace farming
c)
irrigation
d)
chinampas
22.

Which civilization lived on the Yucatan Peninsula?

a)

Inca

b)

Maya

c)

Aztec

23.
What was the capitol of the Aztec empire?
a)
Tenochan
b)
tenochtitlan
c)
Miamoi
d)
Mexico city
24.
Chinampas are...
a)
Artificial Islands
b)
Natural Islands
c)
Crops
d)
Artificial Waterways
25.
What kind of farming technique did the Mayans use in the Mountains?
a)
crop rotation
b)
terraces (staircase)
c)
raised-earth platforms
26.

Where did the Inca live?

a)

Yucatan Peninsula

b)

South America, specifically mostly modern Peru

c)

Central Mexico

27.

Cutting flat steps or terraces into the side of a mountain to have more land to cultivate is known as

a)

tribute

b)

quechua

c)

terrace farming

d)

chinampas farming

28.

Who in the Inca Empire had absolute power?

a)

the priest

b)

the emperor

c)

the farmers

d)

the royal religious advisor

29.

In the Inca Empire, commoners

a)

carved terraces and planted crops

b)

farmed communal lands and worked on state-owned farms

c)

served in the army and on building projects

d)

all of the above

30.
The capital city of the Incan Empire was ____
a)
Machu Picchu
b)
Divining
c)
Cuzco
d)
Huacas
31.
What did the Incas use to carry their goods on the roads?
a)
horses
b)
carts
c)
sleds
d)
llamas
32.

Why is so little known about the early history of the Incas?

a)

Aztecs took their books

b)

There was a bad fire

c)

They didn't have a system of writing

d)

Their history books were hidden in Machu Picchu

33.

What is a "set of strings with knots. The Number and size of the knots conveyed meaning to the Inca."

a)

Quipu

b)

Aqueducts

c)

Hieroglyphics

d)

Ropes

34.

What system of farming did the Inca develop in order to farm in the mountains?

a)

Chinampas

b)

Irrigation

c)

Aqueducts

d)

Terrace Farming

35.
Where did the Inca live?
a)
South America
b)
Mexico
c)
Central America
d)
United States
36.

What color represents where the Inca civilization was?

a)

blue

b)

red

c)

gray

d)

green

37.
Where did the Inca live? 
a)
Peru
b)
Canada 
c)
Sioux Falls 
d)
Brookings 
38.
Which Mountains did the Inca live in? 
a)
They did not live in the mountains 
b)
Andes 
c)
Mount Everest
d)
Pikes Peak 
39.
What are terraces?
a)
Flat land for farming 
b)
Bumpy land 
c)
Water
d)
I don't know 
40.

The Inca Empire is on what continent?

a)

Central America

b)

North America

c)

South America

d)

Africa

41.

**(MIND THE SPELLING)** The Inca Civilization had a system of record keeping called:

a)

Quipu

b)

Qupu

c)

Quipiu

d)

Qipiu

42.

Complex societies that have a government, written language, organized religion, jobs, and cities.

a)

Cuneiform

b)

Civilization

c)

States

43.
The Mayan history book
a)
Codex
b)
Glyphs
c)
Maize
d)
Terraces
44.
A method of digging channels to bring water to crops
a)
Slash-and-burn
b)
Terraces
c)
Irrigation
d)
Temple
45.
A method of farming that involves carving "steps" in a hillside to make farmland
a)
Slash-and-burn
b)
Terraces
c)
Irrigation
d)
Maize
46.
An area that includes what is today southern Mexico and the western part of Central America
a)
City-State
b)
Mesoamerica
c)
Temple
d)
Pok-A-Tok
47.

Every day life shared by a group pf people

a)

civilization

b)

culture

c)

religion

d)

beliefs

48.

A system of writing (mainly pictures)

a)

iconography

b)

scripts

c)

calligraphy

d)

hieroglyphics

49.

The region extending from Mexico to the Northern tip of South America (Peru and Ecuador)

a)

South America

b)

North America

c)

Mesoamerica

d)

Asia

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